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Regen Ag General Discussion
A Novice and his Aitchison Grassfarmer.
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<blockquote data-quote="steveR" data-source="post: 7432697" data-attributes="member: 66976"><p>I understand where you are coming from BtT, one of my drivers to take land back in hand is my unhappiness at the size..and Weight of the Contractors kit. Top dressing is a huge JD with 5t fert on the back and 3t on the front, God knows what the all up weight is...? Most of my grassland work can be accomplished with a 50hp lightweight on wide turf tyres... I will bale silage with it in November, and barely mark the land.. Unlike a neighbour with 180hp and a haybob... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But the decision of weight on a ground working implement is a bit like weights on a tractor. The need will vary from day to day, depending on conditions.</p><p></p><p>I always had my front weights on a 3pt so they could be dropped off in a minute, for grassland or lighter duties. I stopped ballasting rear ends once I moved to a dedicated Handler, back in the 80s. These days, my main tractor is a lightweight (relatively) Kubota 9960 100hp 4wd. I have a FeL on it and to be honest, it needs ballast as the back end is so light. But I have rescued the old front weights from the nettles and they now go on the back for loader duties... when needed. Come summer, the loader is taken off, again in a move to cut weight. If I was discing, then the FeL has a bucket on with some gravel in... INstant front weights foir traction.</p><p></p><p>For me, the drill is much the same, some days, I am barely tickling the surface and the load wheels need dropping as the land has "give". Last April, the ground was like concrete, and inevitably, it was hard to get the tines in and yes, a few more kios of weight would have been useful, especially as only had a few kilos of seed in the drill for cover crops.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steveR, post: 7432697, member: 66976"] I understand where you are coming from BtT, one of my drivers to take land back in hand is my unhappiness at the size..and Weight of the Contractors kit. Top dressing is a huge JD with 5t fert on the back and 3t on the front, God knows what the all up weight is...? Most of my grassland work can be accomplished with a 50hp lightweight on wide turf tyres... I will bale silage with it in November, and barely mark the land.. Unlike a neighbour with 180hp and a haybob... :) But the decision of weight on a ground working implement is a bit like weights on a tractor. The need will vary from day to day, depending on conditions. I always had my front weights on a 3pt so they could be dropped off in a minute, for grassland or lighter duties. I stopped ballasting rear ends once I moved to a dedicated Handler, back in the 80s. These days, my main tractor is a lightweight (relatively) Kubota 9960 100hp 4wd. I have a FeL on it and to be honest, it needs ballast as the back end is so light. But I have rescued the old front weights from the nettles and they now go on the back for loader duties... when needed. Come summer, the loader is taken off, again in a move to cut weight. If I was discing, then the FeL has a bucket on with some gravel in... INstant front weights foir traction. For me, the drill is much the same, some days, I am barely tickling the surface and the load wheels need dropping as the land has "give". Last April, the ground was like concrete, and inevitably, it was hard to get the tines in and yes, a few more kios of weight would have been useful, especially as only had a few kilos of seed in the drill for cover crops. [/QUOTE]
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